Northern Marsh Orchid
I love having orchids in my garden. This Northern Marsh Orchid, Dactylorhiza purpurella, flowers there in June and July. Dactylorhiza contains ‘dactyl’, meaning …
I love having orchids in my garden. This Northern Marsh Orchid, Dactylorhiza purpurella, flowers there in June and July. Dactylorhiza contains ‘dactyl’, meaning …
I’ve seen Bee Orchids before. I went all the way to Brixham to search for them and was successful. They were a …
In July I went walking with my son on Dartmoor and he took a rare portrait of me Walking the Hunters’ Path: …
Arriving back on Westray means I want to experience it all at once. I want every sensation. I want to be at …
The seasons turn, circle by circle. Bud becomes flower becomes fruit, ripening in the long days. Photography is expressing your view of …
Bee Orchids are the rubber sex doll of the plant world. I can’t really believe I’ve just written that sentence. Please forgive me.
I’m in the South, standing in a Marsh and surrounded by Orchids. Could they be Southern Marsh Orchids, I wonder?
It’s Day 13 of #30DaysWild, the scheme run by the Wildlife Trusts to get people to have wild experiences in June. I’ve …
There are beautiful purple pyramids of orchid flowers on the slopes at Berry Head in South Devon. They are Anacamptis pyramidalis the …
My son says there are Bee Orchids at Berry Head and that his colleague has seen them and given him exact directions …
The Common Spotted Orchid is an orchid which is common and spotted. They are just coming into flower all over this heathland …
Orley Common is a true common – absolutely no-one owns it or has ever owned it – it belongs to us all. …